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  1. champaignchris
    So we need a better Theo then? Because it took him 3 years of tanking. Or are you suggesting something that isn’t a complete gut? In that case which current Cubs are still on your roster in 2022? These are the players on the current roster that are under contract for the 2022 season: Heyward Darvish Hendricks Bote Contreras (Walk year) Almora (Walk year) Kyle Ryan Rhea Tepera Hoerner Alzolay Caratini And a bunch of less notable pre-arb pen and bench guys Possible extension candidates: Rizzo Bryant Baez Schwarber Happ seems like a pretty big omission here. He will be in his 2nd year of arbitration.
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    Him and Kevin Pillar are the perpetual “why isn’t this guy a Cub?” guys.
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    Kinda: Technically no errors on the Rockies, just stupidity by the Cubs and poor decision making by the Rockies. It was also the game where Angel Hernandez threw Steve McMichael out of the game after singing the 7th inning stretch and McMichael threatened to meet him after the game from the booth. (Edit: I guess Hernandez didn't through him out, Randy Marsh did, but whatever) Gotta love the absolutely patented Chip Carey, “Runner coming home, play at the plate, and he is... OUT! Safe! Safe!”
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    Every time. This clip makes me laugh the same way as those videos of goats who scream like humans and the “dodge a wrench” scene in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.
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    Javy doing Javy things is fun. This bullpen is not fun.
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    Is Kimbrel’s stint as Cubs’ closer effectively over? How can the team put him back out there in a high leverage situation?
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    What if they send a couple bullpen arms with the Bonilla contract?
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    I hadn’t looked until today, but Lester had a .350 BABIP last year compared to his .303 career. He had a .297 the year before. His FIP was actually lower in 2019 than it was in 2018. He actually improved on his K/9 and BB/9 from 2018 to 2019 and his HR/9 was essentially the same from one year to the next despite the juiced ball. It was all about giving up more hits I suppose some of that could be that he’s lost some stuff and is easier to hit. Some could be that the Cubs defense was really bad in 2019. But it seems to me that a huge component of that has to have been bad luck.
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    It’s 672 in Champaign. Hallelujah.
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    I think Cutch is my all time favorite non-Cub. That thread also has a great one of Doc Ellis.
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    This is almost guaranteed to happen.
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    Expansion is inevitable. It’s a win for both players and owners. Owners get that sweet, sweet buy-in money and players get ~60 more MLB jobs.
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    I know this is putting the cart before the horse until they can figure out the financials, but are they really going to try to play an 82-game season in about 86 days?
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    Re: Floyd. That was an incredibly weak draft. Only 2 of the next 10 picks after Floyd were starters for the team that drafted them in 2019. The guys that were clearly much better picks than Floyd - Prescott, Michael Thomas, Tyreek Hill, etc - were picked so far after Floyd, it’s hard to blame the Bears for mis-scouting them when everyone else did, too. Was Floyd a great pick? No. But he isn’t a “traded up for Mitch when they could’ve gotten Mahomes or Watson” type of disaster.
  16. champaignchris
    1. Maddux 2. Hendricks Yes, I have a “type.” 3. Javy 4. Aramis 5 and rising fast. Yu So many others... Rick Reuschel - maybe the first Cub I remember, Jody, Lee Arthur Smith, Hawk, Sutcliffe, Kerry, GlenAllen Hill for the random monster bombs, Big Z, Bryzzo, Schwarbs, God-mode Jake, Wade Davis. Random player I loved that wasn’t any good, but I loved him anyway: Steve Buechele, decent glove, no bat third baseman. Ambiguous feels: Aroldis Chapman was one of my favorite non-Cubs and then the DV occurred and I put him on my “pay no mind” list, and then the Cubs acquired him and won the WS. I have mixed feeling about that, at best.
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    I got to Ty Cobb in 7. In only about 10 minutes of trying. Could probably get down to 6 with some research. Ty Cobb 1928 A's > Jimmie Foxx 1944 Cubs > Andy Pafko 1959 Braves > Spahn > Niekro > Henderson > Jackson
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    Lukewarm take: the Bucs pass for less yards and TDs under Brady than under Winston. But turn over the ball 25 fewer times and have a winning record.
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    I think Winston is now the front runner for the 2021 XFL MVP.
  20. champaignchris
    “Marmol-ian” is an adjective that needs to be used more often.
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    i hate how Nolan starts to make me feel ok about losing Bryant. Then I think about Bryant providing many many bombs in CO, and I hate it even more I think the whole point for Colorado is to flip Bryant for prospects at the deadline. He has a far easier contract to trade than Arenado, and unlike the Cubs, Colorado won’t necessarily be looking for major league ready prospects.
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    I see the Rockies’ motivation to move Arenado for Bryant. I don’t see the Cubs’ motivation. With Arenado’s player options, it’s the same two years guaranteed as Bryant at basically twice the salary for a marginally better player, with the risk that he underperforms and puts the Cubs on the hook for $30+MM a year for five more years of a declining player. Would the Rockies be taking Heyward, sending prospects to the Cubs, what?
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    Verdugo and Maeda for Bryant and Heyward?
  24. champaignchris
    I know what I hate and I don’t hate this.
  25. champaignchris
    I don’t like the DH. I don’t like that the two leagues play by different rules even less. It was easier to ignore before inter-league play. I think a designated pinch hitter hybrid approach would be more fun and interesting, but I don’t think baseball’s top people are creative enough to make that work.
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